Catching Up
Jun27
If you recall, Clive was the biggest slob on the planet. His getting married is more of a shock than Emily’s successes.
Randie and Ryan
Tripping through married life…
If you recall, Clive was the biggest slob on the planet. His getting married is more of a shock than Emily’s successes.
Stealing a mug and feeding a cat, those aren’t easy!
Indeed! That takes effort… tenacity… and gumption.
As Tom Lehrer would said: “It’s people like that who make you realize how little your accomplished. It’s a sobering thought, for example, that when Mozart was my age, he’d been dead for years.”
*hehe* Don’t worry about it, Ryan. Even if you HAD married her, you wouldn’t have been a part of her life. Emily is nice enough, but not one to share her life.
Well said, Pete. Emily’s work leaves little time for spousal relations… or is so perceived. If things had worked out for Emily and Ryan… they would have lead separate lives of dubious fulfillment.
Tom Lehrer is awesome.
I love Ryan’s bunny jammies!!! And for Ryan this was like reading those annoying Christmas letters – but taking in a kitten is a great thing to do, as are his travels that he writes about, and life with Randie is always an adventure. A good life depends on your perspective, but sure, sometimes at the moment it can feel like it sucks.
Hello, Nadia!
Do you get the idea that it might be laundry day for our duo? Possible Jammie scenario… All of Ryan’s lounge-y pants are dirty… he reaches into the drawer and pulls out a pair of Randie’s seldom worn PJ bottoms… and smiles… “Okay… these will do. Randie won’t care; she never wears these. I thought they were cute when I bought them for her.”
And nice assessment of “a good life.”
Don’t feel so depressed that your old crowd were overachievers. Me, I’ve written seven or eight novels, I’ve lost count…none got past the slushpile.
“I’ve had a life, found love, saved a cat from starvation, looked after my injured wife, and not been a smug braggart about things. You know, the usual.”
I love hearing from people who list things like that and then look surprised when I say ‘Yes, well, enough about your couple of good days, what’s your actual life been like?’. You can usually see they’re shocked you didn’t fall for all the gold foil gilt.